Annual Scientific Meeting
2006
The Annual Scientific Meeting 2006 is to be held at the CityWest Hotel and Conference Centre, Dublin, Eire between Monday 13th and Thursday 16th March 2006.
Symposia
There are 2 symposia being held this year by Bayer plc and UK Medical Ltd. Further details about each is below:
Bayer plc will be hosting a topical breakfast symposium on Tuesday the 14th March, chaired by Dr David Royston from The Harefield Hospital:
"Aprotinin in your practice -where are we now?"
Dr Royston is one of the countries foremost experts on the use of aprotinin in cardiac surgery. He will be joined by Mr Domenico Pagano (Birmingham) and Dr William McBride (Belfast). The symposium will review the use of Trasylol in light of recent publications about it's use. For further details please follow the link to a more detailed programme.
UK Medical Ltd will be holding a symposium on Wednesday 15th March 2006 entitled:
Mitral valve repair - the next steps
The symposium will be looking at some new developments and examining the fundamental principles of mitral valve repair. This symposium will offer something for everyone and further information on UK Medical can be found by going to their website using the following link: http://www.ukmedical.com/
CityWest Hotel
Dublin
You can find further information out about the CityWest by clicking here
Annual Business Meetings 1 & 2
There will be two annual business meetings this year to be held on Monday 13th and Wednesday 15th March. Please click on the relevant links below to look at the provisional agendas
Annual Business Meeting 1
Annual Business Meeting 2
Annual Dinner
2006
Click here for information on an event not to be missed! Ticket price £50 to include 3 course dinner .
Guest Speakers
Our 2 guest speakers this year are Timothy J Gardner MD who will be giving the Heart Research UK lecture and Douglas E Wood MD who will be giving the Pulse lecture. Further details may be found on the programme page.
Prizes
There will be 3 prizes available again this year. The Ronald Edwards Medal for best oral presentation, the John Parker Medal for best interactive presentation and the SCTS Medal for best thoracic presentation.
Prizewinners will be announced at the annual dinner to be held on Thursday, 16th March at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin.
We recommend delegates stay at the CityWest hotel (Tel: +00353 1 401 0500 Email: sales@citywesthotel.com)where we have negotiated a special rate (see below). Please quote the SCTS conference as a reference when you are making your booking.
Single Room €120 a night
Double Room €150 a night
Please note these rates are per room and not per delegate include bed and breakfast.
A courtesy shuttle bus will run from the airport to the venue and then in the evening from the venue into Dublin city centre and return.
The shuttle coaches can be find outside of the arrivals area of the airport. The company name will appear on the side of the coaches (Dualway) and an SCTS sign will be clearly visible. Please click here for timetable.
Evening coaches will drop off at Temple Bar, where you should find a wide choice of restaurants and bars.
Should you choose to take a taxk from the airport, it should cost approximately €40.